Welcome Letter

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You can contact me with issues of concern, legislation you support or oppose, or ideas to help make our community stronger, healthier and safer.

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Photos

The John Theissen Children’s Foundation distributes school supplies to needy families each fall.

Assemblyman Dave McDonough [center back] joins members of Division Avenue High School’s Key Club, Club Advisor Joann Medina, Principal John Coscia and William Gonyou of Long Island Cares Inc. and the Harry Chapin Food Bank to collect food for needy local pets.

Assemblyman Dave McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick), pictured third from right, joins Governor Cuomo, state and federal representatives and environmental activists to pen a letter to President Obama threatening to sue if Long Island Sound becomes a dumping site for dredged material.

Assemblyman Dave McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick), pictured right, questions a Regents candidate in Albany. The assemblyman was one of several legislators on a panel that interviewed 32 candidates for the two open seats on the New York State Board of Regents.

Assemblyman Dave McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) (center) at the 2016 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Transportation where he raised concerns directly to Transportation Commissioner Matthew Driscoll over stretches of the Southern State Parkway in Nassau County. McDonough called for the Department of Transportation to address a section of the highway notoriously dubbed Blood Alley, due to its dangerous curves and frequent accidents.

Assemblyman Dave McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) (center back) recently thanked students and teachers at Fayette Elementary School with certificates for their donations to his annual Coats for Kids Drive. The program, which collects new and used coats for needy families on Long Island, has collected over 4,000 coats this year alone, with an estimated 22,000 coats collected over the 13 years the program has been running.

Assemblyman Dave McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) at a press conference calling for education reforms at the State Capitol.

Senator Michael Venditto and I sponsored a mobile mammogram van at the Merrick Library on September 3, 2015. I want to thank NuHealth for providing the van and technologist for this important informative service.

In conjunction with delivering a large amount of school supplies to John Theissen of the John Theissen Childrens Foundation of Wantagh, I was privileged to present a New York State Assembly Proclamation honoring him for being named the Wantagh Herald Citizen Man of the Year for his efforts on behalf of sick and underprivileged children.

Assemblyman Dave McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) meets a friendly dog at Animal Advocacy Day in Albany on Wednesday.

Assemblyman Dave McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) recently joined his Assembly colleagues to call for real ethics reform in the final days of the legislative session.